YUBA CITY — Officials blew up a suspicious item found inside a shopping cart in Yuba City Thursday afternoon.

Yuba City police were called to the Sam’s Club parking lot at 900 North Walton Ave. and cordoned off a portion of the parking lot to investigate. Later in the afternoon, the entire parking lot was closed off.

An explosive ordinance disposal team from Butte County responded and detonated the device before 5 p.m. as a precaution.

The item was possibly a gun cleaning kit, police said, and did not have explosive materials.